World English Bible · Under Rome
Galatians 6
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Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren't . Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill of Christ. For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else. For each man will bear his own burden. But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. Don't be deceived. is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his own will from reap corruption. But he who sows to will from reap . Let's not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don't give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the . See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand. As many as to make a good impression in compel you to be , so they may not be persecuted for of Christ. For even they who receive don't keep themselves, but they to have you , so that they may boast in your . But far be it from me to boast except in of our , through which the world has been to me, and I to the world. For in Christ neither is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on Israel. From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of branded on my body. The of our be with your , brothers. .
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The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.